IDNO

LS.167794.LAR

Description

Excavation photograph of Area 2 of Bambata Cave, "looking west, showing rapid increase in depth of ash layer (Wilton) from south to north. Rod 2 ft. 6 in." [Armstrong's caption]

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Bambata Cave [Rhodesia]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Armstrong, A. Leslie [Prehistoric Society of East Anglia]

Date

circa 1929

Collection Name

Armstrong Collection

Source

?Prehistoric Society of East Anglia

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.167713.LAR - LS.167807.LAR were found unaccessioned in drawer S.318.

Publication: Image published in Armstrong, A. Leslie. "Rhodesian Archæological Expedition (1929): Excavations in Bambata Cave and Researches on Prehistoric Sites in Southern Rhodesia." The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 61 (1931): 239–76, and captioned "Plate XXXII, Fig. 2. - Area 2, looking west, showing rapid increase in depth of ash layer (Wilton) from south to north. Rod 2 ft. 6 in." [Source: https://doi.org/10.2307/2843833, JD 10/01/2024]